“I was partial to tragedy in my youth. That was before experience taught me that life was tragical enough without my having to write about it.”
Burgess Meredith - Ammon

“- Flora Poste: I want to learn about real life.
- Charles Fairford: What for?
- Flora Poste: To put it in books.”
Kate Beckinsale - Flora Poste
Christopher Bowen - Charles Fairford

“Life is the ultimate experience, and you have to live it to write about it.”
Viveca Lindfors - Professor Taub

“- June Miller: What don't I understand?
- Anaïs Nin: That I love you.
- June Miller: Love? You just want experience. You're a writer. You make love to whatever you need. You're just like Henry.”
Uma Thurman - June Miller
Maria de Medeiros - Anaïs Nin

“- Milton Fishman: Well guys, we gotta start a fire. Better start looking for pinecones.
- Max Grabelski: Pinecones?
- Milton Fishman: It says in the manual, whenever your camp is surrounded by green wood, always use pinecones to start your fire.
- Max Grabelski: If the manual told you to stick your wiener in a light-socket, would you do it?”
Ari Greenberg - Milton Fishman
Daniel Stern - Max Grabelski